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Showcase: You Are A Special Lady + Alice Ayres + Baby + A Place Between + Who Knows

06 March 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Jilly Henderson-Long It's interesting that March hails both International Women’s Day on the eighth and Mother’s Day on tenth of the month. And this, my first Showcase, is just a few days before each. Being a 21st century woman is not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but ...

Writer Of The Month: Jilly Henderson-Long

26 February 2024 News, WriteOn Features

Introduced by Gareth Southwell February’s Writer Of The Month feature focuses on Jilly Henderson-Long. Now based in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, Jilly’s passion for writing began in early childhood and has continued unabated ever since. She's not only a published poet and children’s book author, but has always been keen to share ...

Showcase: Death In The Afternoon + No You Can’t + Her Fear Of Water + Solar Return

21 February 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Niema Bohrayba Welcome to the third of my February Showcases. The theme of 'Beginnings And Endings' is mirrored in the natural world around us through the moon, one of our cosmic timers. As we head into the weekend, the upcoming full moon that awaits us symbolises fruition and culmination. ...

Write On! Features: How To ‘Write About What You Know’ by Jilly Henderson-Long

06 October 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long Ask any writer and they will tell you that, at some point in their career, they've been advised the best way to make their writing sound realistic, is ‘write about what you know’. There's no doubt this adds credence to any writing. We’re all aware of how it ...

Write On! Features: Ten Stories (just waiting to be written) by Jilly Henderson-Long

19 May 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long PROCRASTINATION – one of the writer’s worst enemies! We all know how it is, and there is no point pretending we don’t, because we’re fooling nobody but ourselves. We go out of our way to set aside some writing time, the chores are done, the kids are in ...

Write On! Features: A Brief Introduction To Haiku by Jilly Henderson-Long

24 March 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long There's something timeless and precious about Haiku. It isn't just its brevity and simplicity; it's its sensuousness, its profundity, and – most of all – its relevance to now, even in those written hundreds of years ago. Its origins lie in 17th-century Japan and it's closely linked to Zen, ...

Write On! Features: Encouraging The Future Of Writing by Jilly Henderson-Long

27 January 2023 News, WriteOn Features

By Jilly Henderson-Long Safeguarding The Future Of Writing Jilly wrote her first book at age seven. Her first published piece came when she was 12. As well as running Creative Writing groups, her work has appeared across a wide range of media. She's published three children's books and several poetry collections. Her hobbies include photography and reading. She lives in Westcliff-on-Sea with her husband Steve. They have eight ...

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